Everything Jersey City Festival Saturday on Central Avenue

Tomorrow, the Everything Jersey City Festival will bring life and family fun to ten blocks of Central Avenue.

The 5th annual festival will host more than 40 visual artists, more than 250 crafters and food vendors and fun activities.

Its four performance stages will also feature performers like The Manhattan Dolls, Leah Le Grace and Ray Rodriguez y Swing Sabroso.

Festival chairman Michael Yun said the event is one of the biggest main street festivals in the state and is only getting bigger.

Last year, about 30,000 attended the event. This year, they’re aiming for more than 45,000.

“This year is different than last year -- we have more content and more variety. We have 12 different dance (groups) coming,” he said. “Irish, Mexican, America, Korean, modern dance, break dance, you name it!”

“People are very excited already,” he added.

“In the Heights, we can bring Union City, North Bergen and Hoboken. We have an opportunity to reach other areas because it’s much easier to reach the Heights area than the Waterfront,” he said.

Yun described the festival’s main goals. “One, try to improve local economy and second, try to build a different social life in that area,” said Yun. “We want to build good memories of our hometown for our children.”

Some of the kid-friendly attractions at the festival include a bounce house, slide, rock climbing wall, face painting, balloons, a moonwalk and a petting zoo.

The festival will be held on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Central Avenue between Hutton and Congress streets, rain or shine. The street will be closed from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m.